The first of seven obstacles to that end at this 133rd edition of the tournament is the 26-year-old Czech clay-courter Jan Hajek, rated 80th in the world and a relatively safe opening opponent tomorrow, given he went out on his debut here in the first round last year and has won only eight of 21 matches in 2010.

Gibson pursues extortion charges: People magazine reports that controversy-courter Mel Gibson plans to present evidence to detectives proving that Oksana Grigorieva, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his eighth child, is attempting to extort money from him.